Just Stop Oil attack the Rokeby Venus: how the group is using the suffragettes’ disruptive tactics to shape public opinion
Two Just Stop Oil protesters have smashed the glass on the Rokeby Venus by Diego Velázquez at the National Gallery in London. This, you might be surprised to hear, is not the first time this painting has been the target…
Why Wellcome closed its Medicine Man exhibition – and others should follow suit
In November the Wellcome Collection closed their Medicine Man gallery. In a Twitter thread, they acknowledged that “the display still perpetuates a version of medical history that is based on racist, sexist and ableist theories and language.” Medicine Man told…
Albanian migration has spurred a generation of artists to reflect on issues of identity and belonging
There’s been a great deal of xenophobia directed at Albanian immigrants to the UK recently. It’s easy to argue that Albanians are being scapegoated for the current crisis in Britain’s migration system. But prejudice against Albanians across Europe is not…
El complejo presente de la China que visitará Boric
El presidente de Chile visitó China del 12 al 18 de octubre para participar en el Tercer Foro de Cooperación Internacional de la Franja y la Ruta. Esta invitación fue extendida por el Presidente chino, Xi Jinping, después del Foro…
Black Lives Matter has brought a global reckoning with history. This is why the Uluru Statement is so crucial
History has been brought to the forefront in 2020. We have witnessed not only a once-in-a-century pandemic, but also a global protest movement for racial justice following the death of a Black man, George Floyd. Such protests have happened before,…
Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe portraits expose the darker side of the 60s
“If you remember the ‘60s, you weren’t really there”. This famous quip says much about our rose-tinted nostalgia for the decade. The fun-loving hedonism of Woodstock and Beatlemania may be etched into cultural memory, but Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe portraits…
